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Russia-Swiss forum to discuss innovation cooperation.
BASEL (Switzerland), February 15 (Itar-Tass) - Russian-Swiss
cooperation in the sphere of machine building, advanced technologies,
innovations will be in the focus of the first forum of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Russia and Switzerland that is opening here on Tuesday.
Over 150 representatives of business, industry and state authorities of the two countries have confirmed their participation in the meeting.
The issue of the creation of the Skolkovo innovation centre in Moscow is of particular interest, given that the Fund for the development and commercialisation of new technologies (Skolkovo Fund) last year signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Swiss foundation Technopark Zurich.
Technopark Zurich President Henning Grossmann is expected to tell the
forum about the experience of Switzerland in the field of technology
transfer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skolkovo technopark Mikhail Lifshits will speak about the prospects of bilateral cooperation with Russia's innovation town.
The forum will also discuss interaction of the two countries'
businesses in the sphere of innovation and investment at the regional
level. Thus, governor Alexander Misharin will hold a presentation of the Sverdlovsk region.
The two-day forum is organised by the Russian Trade Mission in
Switzerland, the Union of Russian Machine Builders, Swiss Mechanical
Engineering association Svissmem, Swiss-Engineer company with support of the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Economic Development.
The forum organisers said in an address to its participants that
Russia and Switzerland "have a huge potential for bilateral cooperation in all technological spheres of economy modernisation, primarily in energy efficiency and saving of resources, in medical technology and pharmaceuticals, communications and information technology, new materials and nanotechnology." They noted that "in terms of the innovation index, Switzerland ranks first in Europe and second in the world," which once again confirms that the place for the meeting has been correctly chosen.
cooperation in the sphere of machine building, advanced technologies,
innovations will be in the focus of the first forum of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Russia and Switzerland that is opening here on Tuesday.
Over 150 representatives of business, industry and state authorities of the two countries have confirmed their participation in the meeting.
The issue of the creation of the Skolkovo innovation centre in Moscow is of particular interest, given that the Fund for the development and commercialisation of new technologies (Skolkovo Fund) last year signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Swiss foundation Technopark Zurich.
Technopark Zurich President Henning Grossmann is expected to tell the
forum about the experience of Switzerland in the field of technology
transfer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skolkovo technopark Mikhail Lifshits will speak about the prospects of bilateral cooperation with Russia's innovation town.
The forum will also discuss interaction of the two countries'
businesses in the sphere of innovation and investment at the regional
level. Thus, governor Alexander Misharin will hold a presentation of the Sverdlovsk region.
The two-day forum is organised by the Russian Trade Mission in
Switzerland, the Union of Russian Machine Builders, Swiss Mechanical
Engineering association Svissmem, Swiss-Engineer company with support of the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Economic Development.
The forum organisers said in an address to its participants that
Russia and Switzerland "have a huge potential for bilateral cooperation in all technological spheres of economy modernisation, primarily in energy efficiency and saving of resources, in medical technology and pharmaceuticals, communications and information technology, new materials and nanotechnology." They noted that "in terms of the innovation index, Switzerland ranks first in Europe and second in the world," which once again confirms that the place for the meeting has been correctly chosen.
